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CDLI Literary 000486, ex. 010 (P278646)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000486, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278646 |
| Museum no. | N 3628 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 1' | ... the u'ura priestess |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... he put in order |
| obverse col 2 1' | Lisi filled the plow with water in the place of the plow |
| obverse col 1 12' | he heaped up its libation bowls. |
| reverse col 3 5' | by the hand of the god |
| reverse col 3 10' | For the lord Ninurta, he set up a scepter for her |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... allure he created. |
| reverse col 4 10' | may he |
| reverse col 4 6' | On its right and left side, on its right side, barley is indeed a gunu barley |
| reverse col 4 5' | In its dust a star rising in the dust |
| obverse col 2 8' | NinSAR shook the field like a mama creature |
| obverse col 2 4' | Ennugi opened the reed basket with a reed basket |
| obverse col 2 2' | He raised the water in the oxen's reedbed and laid down in their dwellings. |
| reverse col 3 9' | by Enki-imdu... great fearsomeness |
| reverse col 4 3' | which was |
| reverse col 3 2' | like a reed bed |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... he... it(?) |
| obverse col 2 5' | For Ninlil, the great mother, on the dais |
| reverse col 3 7' | to Nin-imma he smote |
| reverse col 4 8' | Lipit-Itar, son of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... |
| reverse col 3 4' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 12' | may he |
| reverse col 3 8' | For the lord Ninurta, the divine powers... the barge |
| obverse col 2 9' | Ninamakug placed the hand of the plowman |
| obverse col 2 7' | Nusku, like an engar plow he smashed. |
| reverse col 4 11' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 4' | You are the one who... the pure furrows(?) |
| obverse col 1 8' | he made its plows carry a mighty weapon and its troughs he heaped up. |
| obverse col 1 11' | he made the ritual assemblages of the harru reeds flourish. |
| obverse col 2 10' | plowman |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... greatness |
| reverse col 3 11' | lord Ninurta |
| obverse col 1 10' | He brought together their wives and brought them together. |
| obverse col 2 6' | he brought into the presence of Suen, the son of a prince |
| reverse col 4 7' | may they... the necks(?) |
| reverse col 4 13' | ... |
| reverse col 3 12' | he smote |
| obverse col 1 7' | he heaped up. |
| reverse col 4 9' | who establishes the well-being of the land |
| reverse col 3 6' | by the command of GIR3/girida, the chief |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... he smote. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... leather straps... he... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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